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ONE PLANET NETWORK FORUM

For A Sustainable Planet
and a just world

12-13 SEPT 2024


MUSEU DO AMANHÃ / ‘MUSEUM OF TOMORROW’,
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL

REDUCING INEQUALITIES AND ACHIEVING JUST TRANSITIONS FOR ALL THROUGH SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION INCLUDING THROUGH CIRCULAR ECONOMY.

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PROGRAMME - SESSION 1

 

Unlocking the barriers to sustainable food systems transformation: Inclusive and equity-sensitive actions at the nexus of climate, biodiversity and nutrition.

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Description:

Food systems need to be urgently transformed to address the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution, and to achieve the hunger and nutrition related targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The UN Food Systems Summit +4 Stocktaking Moment as well as the UNFCCC COP28, through the Emirates Declaration on Sustainable Agriculture, Resilient Food Systems, and Climate Action, called for more policy convergence in the areas of food systems, climate and biodiversity, to promote food systems transformation in support of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). This requires coherent and cross-sectoral policies covering all stages from production to consumption and linking to all sustainability dimensions, as well as the active participation of all relevant actors including also social movements, civil society organizations, academia, grassroots organizations, and youth groups, among others, while considering mechanisms for preventing and mitigating conflicts of interest.  

This session will highlight experiences, practices and solutions as well as business and value chain opportunities at national and local level – including indigenous communities – that promote climate- and biodiversity-friendly outcomes, healthy and sustainable diets, inclusiveness and equity. The event will focus on inclusive and equity-sensitive actions that stimulate multiple environmental, social, and economic benefits. It will emphasize the leadership of local actors and highlight the importance of social participation in the development and implementation of strategies, ensuring the effective participation of all relevant actors, including small-scale farmers and vulnerable groups, without conflicts of interest, and supporting the reduction of inequalities. 

Circular bBioeconomy approaches are is high on the G20 Presidency’s agenda, and sustainable and circular bioeconomy solutions can play an important role in the transition to Sustainable Consumption and Production. To do so, all relevant actors must be effectively included in the related processes and trade-offs across the different sustainability dimensions need to be proactively addressed. Agroecology seeks to reconnect producers and consumers through a circular and solidarity economy, and to promote fair solutions based on local needs, resources and capacities, creating more equitable and sustainable markets. The session will contribute towards a common understanding of circular bioeconomy in the context of food systems transformation and discuss how it can build on the agroecology principles. Sustainable public food procurement (e.g. school meals, social protection programmes etc.) that is based on circular bioeconomy and agroecology equally offers major opportunities to unlock some of the key barriers to sustainable food systems transformation at the nexus of climate, biodiversity and nutrition. 

Speakers

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João Campari

Global Food Lead

WWF

Monica Yator

Monica Yator

Co-Chair of the Agroecology Coalition

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Leticia Baird

Public Prosecutor of State of Bahia

Salvador

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Lilian Rahal

National Secretary of Food and Nutritional security of the Ministry of Development and Social Assistance, Family and Fight Against Hunger

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Patrick Mink

Senior Policy Officer, Federal Office for Agriculture

Switzerland 

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Elisabetta Recine

President of the National Council of Food and Nutrition Security (Consea)

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Sylvia Ekra

Deputy Director

UN Food Systems Coordination Hub

Agenda:

Time  

Content 

Speakers  

14:15-14:20 

Introduction and Welcome 

João Campari, Global Food Lead, WWF (tbc) 

14:20-14:45 

Presentations of successful inclusive and equity-sensitive actions as well as business and value chain opportunities, including barriers that were encountered. 

 

Presentations of successful innovative, inclusive and equity-sensitive actions/policies to transform food systems, as well as business and value chain opportunities, including strategies with potential scale-up and barriers encountered. 

 

Moderator:  

  • João Campari, Global Food Lead, WWF (tbc) 

Speakers: 

  • Ms. Monica Yator, Co-Chair of the Agroecology Coalition (tbc) 

  • Ms. Leticia Baird, Public Prosecutor of State of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil (tbc) 

  • [Speaker on sustainable bioeconomy] 

14:45-15:35 

Panel discussion: Dealing with key barriers for implementation, promoting policy convergence and managing trade-offs (25’) 

 

Discussion with the audience (25’) 

Panelists (all above presenters, plus): 

  • Dr Lilian Rahal, National Secretary of Food and Nutritional security of the Ministry of Development and Social Assistance, Family and Fight Against Hunger (tbc) 

  • Patrick Mink, Senior Policy Officer, Federal Office for Agriculture, Switzerland 

  • Elisabetta Recine, President of the National Council of Food and Nutrition Security (Consea), Brazil (tbc) 

15:35-15:45 

Wrap-up 

Wrap-up: 

  • Sylvia Ekra, Deputy Director, UN Food Systems Coordination Hub (tbc) 

Take Part:

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Museu do Amanhã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 

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Supporting Information:

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Contact:

For further queries, please contact the session liaiso

Gina Torregroza, One Planet Network Secretariat

gina.torregroza@un.org

  

 

 

CONTACT INFORMATION

 
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